Check out this video:
White teacher calls student "ni99a"!
This is wild. I think it's interesting also because I know alot of US defend our usage of the word/slang-term "ni99a" versus us saying "ni99er". It seems like that's the same thing this dude is saying. Some of US might say: "I call my man my ni99a. Not my NI99ER! It's different. Man, you just don't understand."
But this situation is interesting because it's a white guy using "ni99a". It's not right for him to use any form of the word period. He should be intelligent enough to know that as a white man in this country you can't get away with using any form of the word ni99er. There's simply too much history and hatred attached to the term when it's being used by white males. And being a teaching means he has even more social responsibility than the average Joe so he should at least use some common sense.
I think the teacher really does feel like he wasn't doing anything the students don't do everyday. But what he seems to not realize is that because the students (presumably the black students) use the word, that doesn't make it cool for him to use it. It's like if the black students started using "honky" he'd run around saying that. I got the feeling that he was one of those teachers who tries too hard to be "cool" and too hard to be able to relate to his students. There are many other ways to accomplish that than trying to speak the same way a student speaks. These are kids! He's supposed to be setting an example for them, not trying to fit in and communicate on their level. On top of that, he's a damn honors English teacher! Silly guy.
A lot of old-school black leaders would probably use this situation as an example for people to stop using the word ni99a to greet our friends or refer to people (essentially as a slang term of endearment or a replacement for words like "dude", "guy", etc.). What do you guys think?
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